PreK: An InterGenerational Issue

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Pre-K An Inter-Generational Issue
Libby Doggett, Ph.D. Executive Director, Pre-K
Now Generations United Biennial Conference The
Intergenerational Current Across the Life Span
and Around the Globe September 15, 2005
Washington, DC
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• Agenda
• Welcome Introductions
• What is Pre-K
• Why seniors Pre-K
• Inter-generational Snapshot FL
• Inter-generational Snapshot CA
• Pre-K Nationwide
• Q A
• Sharing and discussion

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States Serving more than 30 of 4 Year Olds
Florida Georgia Oklahoma South Carolina Texas
Source National Institute for Early Education
Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Data reflects 2002-03 figures.
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States Serving 10 29.9 of 4 Year Olds
Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kansas Kentucky Loui
siana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New
Jersey New York West Virginia Wisconsin
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States With No Program
Alaska Idaho Indiana Mississippi Montana New
Hampshire North Dakota Rhode Island South
Dakota Utah Wyoming
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• Pre-K for All
• In place Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma
• As a goal New York, Tennessee, West Virginia
• Uses school funding formula Maine, Wisconsin,
  Vermont, Nebraska (2007), District of Columbia
• Targeted Programs
• 23 states have child-based eligibility
  requirements
• 2 states have district-based eligibility
  requirements
• Most common requirement is income-based
• Other risk factors low birth weight, English
  Language Learner, single parent, teen parents, in
  state custody, disability

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Pre-K Must be High Quality
The National Institute for Early Education
Research quality checklist

• Teacher degree requirement
• Teacher with specialized training
• Teacher in-service requirements
• Assistant teacher degree requirement
• Screening / Referral requirements
• Class size
• Teacher/child ratios
• Curriculum standards
• Support services 
• Meal requirements

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Pre-K Quality States With a 9 10 on NIEERs 10
Point Scale
Arkansas (10) Illinois (9) North Carolina (9)
Source National Institute for Early Education
Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Data reflects 2002-03 figures.
www.preknow.org
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Pre-K Quality States With a 7 - 8 on NIEERs 10
Point Scale
Alabama (8) Delaware (7) Kentucky (7) Louisiana
(7) Maryland (8) Minnesota (8) New Jersey
(7) Ohio (7) Oklahoma (8) South Carolina
(8) Tennessee (8)
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• Funding Pre-K
• Building on federal funds
• Head Start, CCDF,TANF, Title I
• General state revenue
• NJ, IL, FL
• Lottery/Special Tax
• GA, TN, AR

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2005 State Successes

• Tennessee (25 million)
• Arkansas (60 million in three years)
• Illinois (90 million in three years)
• New Mexico (5 million)
• Iowa (8 million)
• Louisiana (20 million)
• Florida (400 million)

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• How many hours should pre-k be?
• Half day (ME, SC, TX)
• Full school day (AR, GA, NJ, NC)
• Full working day (LA)
• Should pre-k be for 3 and 4 year old children?
• 23 states plus DC offer pre-k for 3s and 4s
• 16 states offer pre-k for just 4s

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• Delivery of Pre-K (Schools, Head Start, Child
  Care)
• About 30 of children in state pre-k are in
  non-school settings
• 29 of the 38 states allow for diverse delivery
• New York and West Virginia require that a minimum
  percentage of pre-k be delivered in
  community-based settings

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Teacher Training Requirements

• 27 states plus DC currently require BA degrees in
  some pre-k classrooms
• 23 states offer some kind of scholarship or loan
  forgiveness for teachers working towards their BA
  degree

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• Other Major Policy Issues
• English Language Learners
• Family Engagement
• Standards
• Curriculum
• Professional Development
• Full day/part day
• Facilities
• Evaluation

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• Conclusion
• Quality is critical to positive outcomes
• You cant build a quality program without money
• Every state already has a system of pre-k
  services use it
• The time to begin is now

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Pre-K Now An advocacy and public education
organization supported by The Pew Charitable
Trusts and other funders.  Collaborates with
state advocates and policymakers to lead a
movement for high quality, voluntary
pre-kindergarten for all three and four year
olds.
Pre-K Nows vision

• a nation where every child enters kindergarten
  prepared to succeed.

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Libby Doggett, Ph.D. Executive Director Pre-K
Now ldoggett_at_preknow.org www.preknow.org
1150 18th Street, NW Suite 975 Washington, DC
20036 202.862.9865 voice 202.862.9870 fax